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How to Win Yone vs Nami Counter MatchupYone is in the b tier of champions

Yone vs Nami

How to Beat Nami as Yone in LoLYone is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nami as Yone

based on 6,493 Yone vs Nami matchups
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
1.66
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Nami as Yone came out of an analysis of 6493 ranked matches where both champions engaged each other. This counter pairing is somewhat rare. Yone has to counter Nami in only 2.7% of his rounds.

Yone vs Nami Matchup Summary

Yone does a ok job of beating Nami. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.0% of the time the champions battle each other in. In Yone versus Nami rounds, Yone’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Nami.

Best Yone vs Nami Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordRecurve Bow

Core Yone Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeJak'Sho, The ProteanImmortal Shieldbow

Optional Items

Guardian AngelDeath's DanceBloodthirsterTerminus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yone to level upq
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Second ability for Yone to level upe
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Last skill for Yone to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Yone's passive ability p
Yone's q ability q
Yone's w ability w
Yone's e ability e
Yone's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nami as Yone

Advice to Win Against Nami

Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.

Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.

Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.

Yone vs Nami Counter Stats

Yone Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Nami Image
6.6
< Kills >
1.8
6.8
< Deaths >
5.2
4.7
< Assists >
15.3
1.5
< Killing Sprees >
0.31
182
< Minions Killed >
24
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.56
15,638
< Physical Damage >
850
4,709
< Magic Damage >
8,111
2,839
< True Damage >
552
23,187
< Damage Dealt >
9,513
25,722
< Damage Taken >
16,309
12,348
< Gold Earned >
8,441
2.12
< Towers >
2.2
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,877
< Total Healing >
9,996
15,005
< Experience >
10,815
17
< Vision Score >
57
8
< Wards Placed >
25
202
< Time Dealing CC >
195

How to Counter Nami with Yone in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several important Yone vs. Nami matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nami. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Yone normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Nami. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yone and Nami

Damage Types Compared

Yone
Nami
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yone
Nami

Who is Better, Yone or Nami?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yone usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nami, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Yone makes an ok counter for Nami.

While Yone does have a higher winrate than Nami, when they face off with one another, Yone also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Yone into Namias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Yone also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Yone vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Yone is a decent counter to Nami. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yone against Nami.

Other Champion Matchups Against Yone

Yone Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.8% winrateNilahNilah45.4% winrateTaricTaric45.8% winrateMaokaiMaokai45.9% winrate

Yone Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee56.5% winrateYuumiYuumi55.7% winrateSejuaniSejuani53.9% winrateSkarnerSkarner53.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TeemoTeemo+ 53.4% 15737 GamesMordekaiserMordekaiser+ 53.8% 13512 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.1% 16893 GamesSingedSinged+ 54.7% 3980 Games

Additional Information for Yone Players

How We Calculated Our Yone vs Nami Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nami as Yone, we analyzed 6,493 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nami as Yone comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Yone in order to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yone usually picks up much more CS relative to Nami. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Yone versus Nami build include Infinity Edge, Jak'Sho, The Protean, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yone combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Nami than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Yone boasted an average win rate of 50.0% when playing against Nami with this counter build.

To have the best probability of defeating Nami as Yone, Yone players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Yone vs Nami fights, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.0% winrate overall.

If you would like to see Yone vs Nami tips and counter builds for a a specific skill level, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and guides given are computed using every match with data with these champions.